I would guess it's all legal. It is still good to have transparency, which might potentially change things. I am not so sure though. After all, politicans are usually rich as well.
But: All of these super-rich have probably created many, many jobs. I guess all-in-all it is a positive game for society.
Pinning the credit for job-creation on the rich is absurd. They'd have no motivation to hire anyone without demand, which is something that others provide.
Seem absurd? Yeah, of course it is, but keep the capital but take away the demand and see how long those jobs stick around. Lots of capital and little demand, few jobs created. Lots of demand and little capital... well, give it some time, and not even very much, and you'll have tons of capital and lots of jobs, both. So, which perspective, exactly, is absurd? (nb the judges will accept "both, equally" and "both, but crediting the super-rich with job creation is the more absurd of the two" as correct answers)
When it's all secret, we can't make an informed decision on whether or not it should be legal.
What bit of information do you expect that tax return add to the conversation of "Are the rich evading taxes?"
What are you going to add by having uninformed members of the public inspecting tax returns they don’t understand? Keep in mind there are people who turn down raises because they think being in a higher tax bracket will cause them to lose money. These are the geniuses you want to catch tax evaders?
Nobody's saying these people are illegaly evading taxes. The question is: "Should what they are doing be legal?". And that is absolutely a question for a layman. That's what representative democracy is all about. We get to collectively decide what is appropriate, and inappropriate in our society.
Enforcement of the rules is for an unelected executive and judiciary, with limited public input. Determining the rules is for an elected legislature, with significant public input.
There is no government department responsible for determining whether or not the current tax code is fair. We, the public, get to decide that.
Various tax strategies can be and are made public without needing to dox anyone. We are currently debating about them right now. So what do we gain by opening up everyone to identity theft and fraud?
That you are speaking about income and capital gains brackets indicates that you don't actually know how the rich hide their money from the tax man.
It, at a first approximation, gets laundered through foundations and into trusts, that they retain control of, but don't really pay either set of taxes on.
Bill says "The rich should pay more taxes".
Bob says "No, they shouldn't, they pay plenty."
Neither actually has any idea of how much in taxes the rich actually pay. You can't have an informed discussion in that situation.